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=== January–March === * [[January 7]] (December 28, 1694 O.S.) – The United Kingdom's last joint monarchy, the reign of husband-and-wife [[William III of England|King William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Queen Mary II]] comes to an end with the death of Queen Mary, at the age of 32. Princess Mary had been installed as the monarch along with her husband and cousin, Willem Hendrik von Oranje, [[Stadtholder]] of the [[Dutch Republic]], in 1689 after [[James II of England|King James II]] was deposed by Willem during the "[[Glorious Revolution]]". * [[January 14]] (January 4 O.S.) – The Royal Navy warship [[HMS Nonsuch (1668)|HMS ''Nonsuch'']] is captured near England's [[Isles of Scilly]] by the 48-gun French privateer ''Le Francois''. ''Nonsuch'' is then sold to the French Navy and renamed ''Le Sans Pareil''.<ref>Rif Winfield and Stephen S. Roberts, ''French Warships in the Age of Sail, 1626–1786 Design, Construction, Careers and Fates'' (Pen & Sword, 2017) p. 1694</ref><ref>William G. Gates, ''Ships of the British Navy: A Record of Heroism, Victory and Disaster'' (W. H. Long, 1905) p. 120</ref> * [[January 24]] – [[Milan]]'s [[Royal Palace of Milan#17th and 18th centuries|Court Theater]] is destroyed in a fire. * [[January 27]] – A flotilla of six Royal Navy warships under the command of Commodore James Killegrew aboard [[HMS Plymouth (1660)|HMS ''Plymouth'']] captures two French warships, the ''Content'' and the ''Trident'', the day after the French ships had mistaken the English fleet to be a group of merchant ships to attack. * [[February 6]] – [[Mustafa II]] (1664 – 1703) succeeds his uncle, [[Ahmed II of Turkey|Ahmed II]] as [[Ottoman Emperor|Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]]. * [[March 5]] – The funeral of Queen [[Mary II of England]] takes place, accompanied by music written for the occasion by [[Henry Purcell]]. * [[March 10]] – Almost all French Army soldiers in a column of 1,300 troops, commanded by Brigadier General Urbain Le Clerc de Juigné, are killed or captured in the [[Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas]] against a smaller Spanish Empire force led by Ramon de Sala i Saçala during the [[War of the Grand Alliance]]. * [[March 7]] – [[John Trevor (speaker)|John Trevor]], [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the English House of Commons]], is expelled from the House by vote of the members, after being found guilty of accepting a bribe of 1000 [[pound sterling|pounds sterling]] from the City of London Corporation. * [[March 14]] – [[Paul Foley (ironmaster)|Paul Foley]] is elected as the new Speaker of the House after the expulsion of John Trevor. * [[March 26]] – [[John Hungerford (died 1729)|John Hungerford]] is expelled from the English House of Commons when members vote to find him guilty of accepting a bribe in return for using his committee chairmanship to promote the pending Orphans Bill.
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